Talia Vance > Quotes

“I know too well how
good-bye can steal more than just the future.”
― Talia Vance, Spies and Prejudice

“You didn't strike me as stupid, but I guess first impressions are deceiving.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“Let me be frank," Joe's voice pulls me back. "You seem like a nice girl. So why the hell are you chasing down a rat bastard like Blake?"

I smile at the description. "I thought you were his friend."

"Can't help liking the son of a bitch." He squirms in the seat, trying to find a comfortable position. "Pardon me for saying so. You don't seem like his type."

What is that suppose to mean? So I'm not dumb, snobby or slutty ... Oh.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“It's so much easier to be ignored when no one's noticed you to begin with.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“What do you think you're doing?"..."What does it look like, Blake? I'm obviously having wild sex on a cement bench with my best friend's boyfriend fifteen feet from a yard full of people.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“I reach across my bed, half expecting to be greeted by Blake's green eyes and warm smile, but grab only folds of comforter. I am alone. The realization is met with the same ache I've felt since leaving Blake. It isn't disappointment exactly. It's more visceral than that. I don't want to be one of those girls who think they're in love with a boy just because they hooked up. So there. I am not in love with Blake Willliams.

I just miss him is all.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“The only thing that's changed is the way Blake looks at me.

And it takes my breath away.

Blake's eyes glow in the firelight. But it's the flames behind his eyes that make my whole body run hot. I can feel myself blush as he brings his hands to my cheek, branding me with his touch. "Brianna Paxton." He lets his fingers rest against my skin, stroking just beneath my chin. "You are even more beautiful than I remembered.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“You always have choices, Brianna. No one can take that from you. You're the only one who can decide how this ends.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“I'm like an abused puppy, so desperate for attention that it's almost a surprise when I get belted in the gut.
Again.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“You want him so much that half of me wants him too.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“What bizarre planet have I landed on? So Haley settles for a single kiss, and I lose it to the first guy to ask me out, after falling for some crazy theory involving my lucky bracelet?”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“There are some laws of nature you just know. You don’t go poking lions with sticks.”
― Talia Vance, Spies and Prejudice

“Writing for publication is an odd hybrid of intimate self-exploration and public exhibitionsim.”
― Talia Vance

“That's the trouble with being damaged. It takes so little to break completely.”
― Talia Vance, Spies and Prejudice

“A preppy girl at the end of the table rolls a quarter off her nose and bounces it toward a glass in front of her. The coin hits the glass and falls back on the table. “Off the rim has to drink,” the guy next to her says too loudly, even with the music. The girl flashes him a defiant stare as she picks up a large cup to her left and chugs the liquid inside. She never breaks eye contact even as she slams the empty cup back down. Modern mating rituals at their finest.”
― Talia Vance, Silver

“My perfect boyfriend is kind, even to people he might not agree with or even like. He doesn't look down on people just because they don't look like they walked off the pages of a fashion magazine. He makes me feel like I am the most beautiful person in any room, even if I'm not. He trusts me to make my own decisions and doesn't try to tell me what to do".
"Is that all?" Tanner watches me with an intensity that makes me feel like an ant under a magnifying glass. My skin starts to smolder.
"No". I don't back away from his gaze. I meet it head-on. "He will not, under any circumstances, expect me to fall in love with him".”
― Talia Vance, Spies and Prejudice

“There's a reason it's easier to talk to strangers than people you love. Strangers don't come with preformed expectations about who you are. Strangers don't hold you to a higher standard than you deserve. Strangers won't be hurt by anything you say.”
― Talia Vance, Spies and Prejudice